[SeaBIOS] [PATCH] src/Kconfig: Add note that boot interface is needed

[Fred .]

If SeaBIOS is useless without this, then maybe the option to disable it
should be removed?


On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Paul Menzel <
paulepanter at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:36:15 +0100
>
> Without the boot interface , GRUB 2 (package grub-pc 1.99-7 from Debian
> Sid/unstable) is not loaded when running coreboot with SeaBIOS 1.7.2.1
> as payload on the ASRock E350M1. Only the SeaBIOS banner is shown and
> nothing else happens afterward.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel <paulepanter at users.sourceforge.net>
> ---
> More or less a request for comments, as I still do not understand how
> SeaBIOS uses the interfaces itself and how SeaBIOS is of any use at all
> without being able to boot something. At least I do not know of such a
> use case.
>
>  src/Kconfig |    2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/src/Kconfig b/src/Kconfig
> index 3141069..c7ea23c 100644
> --- a/src/Kconfig
> +++ b/src/Kconfig
> @@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ menu "BIOS interfaces"
>          default y
>          help
>              Support int 19/18 system bootup support.
> +
> +            You have to select this, if you want to boot from some media.
>      config KEYBOARD
>          bool "Keyboard interface"
>          default y
> --
> 1.7.10.4
>
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